Court eunuch

It's only good at advocating to lock the door for the master. "

Wei Yanwan twisted a jasper hairpin from the dowry, and glanced at them lightly: "Tsk, what are you doing, and you have done nothing wrong, kneeling here as a wooden stake?"

Chunchan was at a loss, so she was gently pulled by Lan Cui, and kowtowed to Wei Yanwan: "Master forgive me, slaves are very grateful."

"En." Wei Yanwan handed the jade hairpin to Lan Cui: "Put it on."

A string of pearl tassels hung on the jade hairpin, reflecting Wei Yanwan's delicate and charming face, making her more and more beautiful.

Wei Yanwan straightened the hairpin in front of the diorama, and took a handful of golden melon seeds from the small drawer on the table: "Take it, and give it to Wang Chan, and say that he has worked hard these few days, and take it as a reward."

Lan Cui took it, and went out to find Wang Chan, pulled him to the leeward place, and poured all the golden melon seeds into his hands: "Master rewards you."

Wang Chan was panicking outside, he was the one who came up with the idea of ​​closing the door, if Chunchan and Lan Cui confessed to him inside, he couldn't bear it and walked around.Now, not only did he not blame him, but he even rewarded him with something. For a moment, he felt that the golden melon seeds were quite hot, so he said cautiously, "Sister Lan Cui, what else did the master say?"

"Master said this is a reward for your hard work these past few days, and you follow it." The performance of Concubine Xin just now made Lan Cui sure that she would not hold on to this matter again, and she didn't even say "not to be an example". There is a sentence, which means connivance, so compared to Wang Chan's tone, it is a bit looser: "You don't have to worry too much, I listen to the Lord's meaning, that is to expose this matter, you just pretend that you have never done it. I have seen it."

Although Wang Chan was relieved a little, he was still terrified, and hastily swept away most of the golden melon seeds for Lan Cui: "It's a great favor for my sister not to confess the slave in front of the master, and the slave has no face to take it." with a reward."

Seeing that he was really disturbed, Lan Cui accepted his feedback: "Be quiet, just treat yourself as blind, deaf, and dumb, and the master will benefit from you."

Since the cancellation of the silkworm ceremony, the relationship with the emperor has become more and more strange. The two rarely see each other. Later, they also use the prenatal care as an excuse to avoid the greetings of the people in the harem, and they live in seclusion more and more.

"Your Majesty." Xin set up the chessboard, and said after deliberating, "Aunt Rong Pei has been in the Punishment Department for five days, and the Emperor must have calmed down. Why don't you beg the Emperor to release him?"

Then he frowned, as if he didn't agree with the proposal, he placed the chess pieces in silence, and after a while, he said: "This matter is decided by the emperor, why should I go to the emperor to make noise."

Song Xin stopped talking, she knew that she was venting her anger with the emperor afterwards.Successor has always been aloof and arrogant, relying on his noble family background, he never bows to others.This was the case when she was in the residence, and now that she is a queen, she is even more unwilling to condescend for such trivial matters.

Although this matter is not considered condescension.

In the Department of Punishment, a prisoner who had been tortured so badly was with his head drooping, motionless.

Jin Zhong slowly approached that person, and said in a low voice, "Aunt Rong Pei."

The other party moved, seemed to be a little conscious, and raised his head with difficulty, revealing a face with intertwined scars.

Jin Zhong sneered: "Tsk tsk, why is my aunt in such a mess? Didn't the empress rescue you?"

Rong Pei no longer has the strength to curse, her hands and feet have been broken by life, she just stared at him with a pair of eyes and hatred.

Jin Zhong felt that she hated him so much and liked his helpless appearance, and he was in a good mood: "You are in such a situation, even a slave is not worth it for you. Look at your dirty body." As he said that, he motioned for someone to hand him a bucket of salt water, and he poured it on Rong Pei's bruised body, looked at her distorted appearance due to the pain, and said with a smile: "This way, how about washing it clean?"

Seeing that Rong Pei no longer had the strength to struggle, Jin Zhong felt that the torture of the past few days was enough, brushed off the water stains on his cuffs, and left with his hands behind his back.

An eunuch who was executing the sentence followed: "Jinzhong Eunuch, Indi'er has already been buried."

"Yeah." Jin Zhong took out a silver key from his sleeve pocket, glanced inside the door: "Let her die within two days."

Several people died in the Forbidden City in the past few days. Firstly, a palace maid from the Yongshou Palace committed suicide in fear of crime, and then two nuns in charge of punishment in the Department of Punishment died unexpectedly, and then Rong Pei died of wind and cold. In the Criminal Division.

Regarding the matter of Rong Pei's death, it's not big or small.

At a young age, the one who died was just a court lady who was born in a bag and had no family background. There were already many servants who died in this palace, and adding another one would be nothing but a gust of wind, and they would soon disperse.On a more advanced level, the deceased was the eldest maid in charge of the successor's palace, who was punished by the emperor for "relying on favors and committing murder". Later, he lacked control over the subordinates. From the perspective of those who cared, this was a real embarrassment to the successor, and the disobedient ones at the bottom became more and more disrespectful to the queen who had gradually fallen out of favor.

It's just that the matter was spread all over the palace, but there was no response from the successor, the rightful master, only the imperial physician was announced again in Yikun Palace that night.

Regardless of how much the successors are thinking, the emperor's side is very comfortable.

Wei Yan summoned concubine Wan Qing and concubine Shu, and held a banquet in the imperial garden. He specially invited the emperor, saying that he would imitate the ancients and play the song "Shui Liu Shang".

The emperor was very surprised to hear about it. He knew Concubine Qing and Concubine Shu. They both came from a scholarly family and were quite proficient in poetry, especially Concubine Shu. The successor is gentle and gentle, so he has been very favored recently.

It's just that the Concubine Xing and the Concubine Wan, one was born as a palace maid in a coat and had little self-cultivation, and the other was born in an official family, but she was clumsy and not good at showing off.

After taking his seat, the emperor knew that this was all concubine Xin's idea.

Concubine Xing and the girls of the Han family all wore Han family dresses, just like girls from Jiangnan. Concubine Shu also changed her old palace attire to a long gown and long skirt, which made her look a bit more beautiful.

Wei Yanwan first smiled and said: "Let's say it first, this song of water flowing cup was originally a way of reciting poems and composing poems. Sister Wanpin and I are not good at it, so we boldly changed it. , it doesn’t matter what it is, it doesn’t matter whether it’s painting or poetry, or playing the piano or singing a song, it’s all good, anyway, we can’t escape the cold atmosphere, okay?”

The emperor praised it, and all the girls had no objection.

For a while, the imperial garden was full of singing and singing, and it was very lively.

"Where do you come from, you are so sweet?" Afterwards, her cheeks were a little swollen due to pregnancy, and she seemed to be in a bad mood.

Concubine Yu raised her sleeve and put it under her nose and sniffed it lightly: "It may have been stained in the imperial garden today. I don't know, my concubine and concubine Shu are celebrating concubine Wan and the others in the garden today, and the emperor is also there. .I went to see Li, and thought it was on her body." Concubine Yu became more and more annoyed as she spoke: "Sister, I said earlier that these people are enchanting and not good people, and now the emperor has taught them to hook Hun'er is gone, and my sister never came to take a look even though she was pregnant, it's really chilling."

Afterwards, I was depressed, and I smelled the fragrance from someone who I don't know, it was strong and tangy, and I heard that compared to my daily depression, the emperor didn't care, my heart became more and more sad, and suddenly my face turned pale : "Xinxin...Hailan...I seem...to give birth!"

Thirteen, old grievances

The jade cup swirled in the waterway and stopped in front of Wei Yanwan.

"Concubine Xin, it's your turn." The emperor looked at her with a smile.

Wei Yanwan rolled up her long sleeves, leaned over to pick up the jade cup, slightly parted her red lips, and drank the glass of fruit wine in one gulp, her cheeks were slightly flushed: "The concubine is not good at poetry, so let's draw a picture for the emperor. "

The emperor smiled and said: "I have never heard of any calligraphy and painting that you have learned. It must have been practiced secretly, deliberately showing off in front of people today."

The girls lowered their heads and covered their lips, laughing endlessly.

Wei Yanwan was not ashamed, and pointed at the jade cup: "It's too hot here, let's go to the gazebo, where the wind is blowing from all sides, and concubines can easily paint."

The emperor saw that she was becoming more and more disfigured, so he felt funny and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go there together. If you don't draw well, I will punish you."

Several people moved to the gazebo, the palace servants set up tables, served melon and fruit snacks, set up a painting table, lit incense, and then Wei Yanwan began to paint.

After a stick of incense, the emperor took a closer look and saw that the painting was the most common picture of red plums and double swallows, and said, "What did I think you painted, it turned out to be this."

Wei Yanwan grabbed his sleeve and smiled coquettishly: "Your Majesty, I don't think so much of my concubine's tricks, but my concubine's talent is stupid, and I have been practicing this painting for more than a month. I just ask the emperor to take pity on my concubine and give me some advice." two."

The emperor glanced at the painting again, wrapped her arms around her waist, and pointed with his hand: "This painting has no artistic conception, and I have no way of commenting on it. It's just that if you can add a sentence or two to this painting, it may be sublimated." a bit."

When Concubine Qing heard this, she hurriedly got up and smiled, "I have one thing to say, I don't know if it fits the occasion."

The emperor nodded: "You say."

Concubine Qing got permission, and moved closer to the emperor: "Concubine Xin's painting is about red plums and double swallows. The concubine thought of a sentence by Uncle Ouyang Yong in the Song Dynasty: Red wax branches with small swallows and golden swords. The ribbon-cutting is delicate. It is very suitable for the occasion, I don’t know how?”

The emperor didn't say yes, nor did he say bad, he just said: "Concubine Qing is indeed a daughter of the Lu family, and she has a good memory of poems and prose." Then he bowed his head and said to Wei Yan: "Concubine Qing, your paintings are too perfunctory, I don't know what to do. I will punish you to drink three cups of wine, and you are not allowed to shirk."

Wei Yanwan took the order, gritted her teeth and drank three cups. The fruit wine was sweet, but